The 2000 Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville. It was the 27th Players Championship.

Tournament summary Hal Sutton, the champion seventeen years earlier in 1983, led by a stroke after each round and won his second Players, a stroke ahead of runner-up Tiger Woods. Both carded scores of 71 (−1) in the final round, and Sutton hit 17 of 18 greens in regulation. Because of thunderstorms and heavy rain, the final round was completed on Monday, March 27. In the last pairing, Sutton and Woods were on the twelfth hole when play was suspended on Sunday night.

Late in the third round on Saturday, Sutton had gone 25 holes without making a bogey. At the par-3 17th hole, he hit his tee shot in the water and took a triple-bogey six, which trimmed his lead over Woods to just one stroke.

Traditionally the richest event in golf, this was the first Players with a seven-figure winner's share, at $1.08 million. Sutton's win in 1983 was the first Players with a six-figure first prize. Woods won the event the following year.

Defending champion David Duval finished nine strokes back, in a tie for thirteenth place.

Venue

This was the 19th Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course and it remained at .

Field 1. Winners of PGA Tour co-sponsored or approved tournaments, whose victories are considered official, since the 1999 Players Championship

Stuart Appleby Paul Azinger Rich Beem Notah Begay III Olin Browne Jim Carter Darren Clarke Glen Day David Duval Brad Faxon Carlos Franco Jim Furyk Brent Geiberger Dudley Hart Brian Henninger Paul Lawrie Tom Lehman J. L. Lewis Phil Mickelson José María Olazábal Jesper Parnevik Tom Pernice Jr. Loren Roberts Hal Sutton David Toms Kirk Triplett Ted Tryba Duffy Waldorf Mike Weir Tiger Woods

2. Those players among the top 125 finishers on the 1999 Official Money List

Stephen Ames Billy Andrade Tommy Armour III Woody Austin Craig Barlow Doug Barron Jay Don Blake Mike Brisky Mark Brooks Tom Byrum Mark Calcavecchia Greg Chalmers Brandel Chamblee Barry Cheesman Stewart Cink John Cook Fred Couples Robert Damron Jay Delsing Chris DiMarco Scott Dunlap Ernie Els Bob Estes Brad Fabel Steve Flesch Dan Forsman Harrison Frazar David Frost Fred Funk Sergio García Bill Glasson Paul Goydos Scott Gump Jay Haas J. P. Hayes Nolan Henke Tim Herron Gabriel Hjertstedt Scott Hoch Bradley Hughes John Huston Lee Janzen Steve Jones Jonathan Kaye Jerry Kelly Skip Kendall Greg Kraft Franklin Langham Justin Leonard Frank Lickliter Davis Love III Steve Lowery Andrew Magee Jeff Maggert John Maginnes Len Mattiace Billy Mayfair Scott McCarron Rocco Mediate Larry Mize Colin Montgomerie Greg Norman Mark O'Meara Craig Parry Steve Pate Dennis Paulson Corey Pavin Chris Perry Kenny Perry Nick Price Dicky Pride Charles Raulerson Mike Reid Chris Riley Rory Sabbatini Tom Scherrer Joey Sindelar Vijay Singh Jeff Sluman Craig Stadler Paul Stankowski Steve Stricker David Sutherland Kevin Sutherland Esteban Toledo Tommy Tolles Bob Tway Omar Uresti Jean van de Velde Scott Verplank Brian Watts Kevin Wentworth Lee Westwood Mark Wiebe

3. Winners of the Players Championship, Masters Tournament, U.S. Open, British Open, and PGA Championship in the last 10 years (1990-1999)

Ben Crenshaw John Daly Nick Faldo Wayne Grady Tom Kite Bernhard Langer Ian Woosnam

4. Winners of the NEC World Series of Golf from 1990-98

Fulton Allem Tom Purtzer

5. Winners of Tour Championship in the last three years, beginning with the 1998 winner

6. Winners of World Golf Championship events in the last three years, beginning with the 1999 winners

7. Any player(s), not otherwise eligible, among the top 50 leaders from the Official World Golf Ranking through the Bay Hill Invitational

Thomas Bjørn Retief Goosen Miguel Ángel Jiménez

8. Any players, not otherwise eligible, who are among the top 10 money-winners from the 2000 Official Money List below 10th position through the Bay Hill Invitational, in order of their positions on the money list

9. To complete a field of 144 players, those players, not otherwise eligible, from the 2000 Official Money List below 10th position through the Bay Hill Invitational, in order of their positions on the money list

Robert Allenby Ronnie Black Eric Booker Russ Cochran Trevor Dodds Matt Gogel Shigeki Maruyama Naomichi Ozaki

10. The Players Championship Committee may invite a player(s), not otherwise eligible, who is a current inductee of the World Golf Hall of Fame. (Such player(s) would be added to the field.)

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Round summaries First round Thursday, March 23, 2000 Friday, March 24, 2000 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Hal Sutton 69 −3 T2 Robert Allenby 70 −2 Brad Fabel Lee Janzen Bernhard Langer Billy Mayfair Len Mattiace Joe Ozaki Kenny Perry T10 Craig Barlow 71 −1 Greg Chalmers Tom Lehman Justin Leonard Omar Uresti Tiger Woods Source:

Second round Friday, March 24, 2000 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Hal Sutton 69-69=138 −6 T2 Tom Lehman 71-68=139 −5 Omar Uresti 71-68=139 4 Fulton Allem 75-65=140 −4 T5 Ernie Els 73-69=142 −2 Len Mattiace 70-72=142 Tiger Woods 71-71=142 T8 Scott Dunlap 73-70=143 −1 Lee Janzen 70-73=143T10 Robert Allenby 70-74=144 E Stephen Ames 72-72=144 Paul Azinger 75-69=144 Jim Carter 73-71=144 Brad Fabel 70-74=144 Jim Furyk 72-72=144 Billy Mayfair 70-74=144 Colin Montgomerie 75-69=144 Nick Price 73-71=144 Source:

Third round Saturday, March 25, 2000 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Hal Sutton 69-69-69=207 −9 2 Tiger Woods 71-71-66=208 −8 3 Tom Lehman 71-68-72=211 −54 Jeff Sluman 75-71-66=212 −4 T5 Lee Janzen 70-73-70=213 −3 Craig Parry 70-74-69=213 T7 Paul Azinger 75-69-70=214 −2 Robert Damron 78-70-66=214 Scott Dunlap 73-70-71=214 Ernie Els 73-69-72=214 Colin Montgomerie 75-69-70=214 Source:

Final round Sunday, March 26, 2000Monday, March 27, 2000 Champion(c) = past champion PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 Hal Sutton (c) 69-69-69-71=278 −10 1,080,0002 Tiger Woods 71-71-66-71=279 −9 648,000T3 Robert Damron 78-70-66-70=284 −4 270,600 Scott Dunlap 73-70-71-70=284 Jeff Maggert 77-68-71-68=284 Colin Montgomerie 75-69-70-70=284 Nick Price (c) 73-71-73-67=2848 Tom Lehman 71-68-72-74=285 −3 186,000T9 Greg Chalmers 71-75-69-71=286 −2 156,000 Lee Janzen (c) 70-73-70-73=286 Len Mattiace 70-72-73-71=286 Mark O'Meara 75-74-70-67=286 Leaderboard below the top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)T13 Jim Carter 73-71-72-71=287 −1 112,500 David Duval (c) 75-73-70-69=287 Fred Funk 74-73-68-72=287 Scott Hoch 73-75-68-71=287T17 Paul Azinger 75-69-70-74=288 E 90,000 Billy Mayfair 70-74-73-71=288 Jeff Sluman 75-71-66-76=288T20 Ernie Els 73-69-72-75=289 +1 75,000 Scott Verplank 75-74-68-72=289T22 Stuart Appleby 72-77-71-70=290 +2 57,600 Thomas Bjørn 76-73-72-69=290 Greg Kraft 77-72-70-71=290 Justin Leonard (c) 71-76-69-74=290 Craig Parry 70-74-69-77=290T27 Carlos Franco 73-73-73-72=291 +3 41,700 Steve Jones 80-70-72-69=291 Naomichi Ozaki 70-77-73-71=291 Steve Pate 76-74-68-73=291 Kenny Perry 70-77-70-74=291 Esteban Toledo 75-74-72-70=291T33 Stewart Cink 75-73-69-75=292 +4 32,400 Fred Couples (c) 77-73-73-69=292 Harrison Frazar 77-70-72-73=292 Chris Perry 76-70-71-75=292 Vijay Singh 75-73-74-70=292T38 Brad Fabel 70-74-75-74=293 +5 26,400 Steve Flesch 79-71-72-71=293 David Toms 77-72-72-72=293 Omar Uresti 71-68-80-74=293T42 Stephen Ames 72-72-75-75=294 +6 20,400 Scott Gump 72-75-73-74=294 J. P. Hayes 73-76-71-74=294 Jerry Kelly 79-70-73-72=294 Bernhard Langer 70-76-75-73=294 Kirk Triplett 75-72-74-73=294T48 John Daly 77-73-74-71=295 +7 15,264 Frank Lickliter 75-74-71-75=295 Davis Love III (c) 73-75-72-75=295 Chris Riley 73-77-75-70=295 Lee Westwood 77-73-72-73=295T53 Robert Allenby 73-71-77-75=296 +8 13,890 Nick Faldo 73-76-76-71=296 Greg Norman (c) 75-71-73-77=296 David Sutherland 75-74-71-76=296T57 Craig Barlow 71-76-75-75=297 +9 13,380 Mark Brooks 72-75-71-79=297 David Frost 78-69-78-72=297 Bill Glasson 74-72-80-71=297T61 Woody Austin 77-72-71-78=298 +10 12,840 Russ Cochran 77-73-71-77=298 Jim Furyk 72-72-75-79=298 Corey Pavin 72-73-74-79=298 Kevin Wentworth 74-72-75-77=298T66 Fulton Allem 75-65-82-77=299 +11 12,120 Doug Barron 72-74-76-77=299 Brandel Chamblee 74-74-73-78=299 Tom Kite (c) 75-72-77-75=299 Steve Lowery 76-74-71-78=299 Scott McCarron 78-67-77-77=299 Ian Woosnam 76-74-70-79=299T73 Dan Forsman 77-73-75-75=300 +12 11,460 Paul Lawrie 76-74-71-79=300 Ted Tryba 75-71-80-74=300 Brian Watts 77-71-74-78=300T77 Ronnie Black 74-76-70-81=301 +13 10,980 Olin Browne 77-73-71-80=301 Brad Faxon 79-71-76-75=301 Nolan Henke 78-70-76-77=301CUT Notah Begay III 80-71=151 +7 Darren Clarke 72-79=151 John Cook 74-77=151 Chris DiMarco 76-75=151 Skip Kendall 78-73=151 J. L. Lewis 77-74=151 Jesper Parnevik 78-73=151 Kevin Sutherland 77-74=151 Bob Tway 79-72=151 Retief Goosen 76-76=152 +8 Charles Raulerson 78-74=152 Tom Scherrer 80-72=152 Mark Wiebe 78-74=152 Brent Geiberger 79-74=153 +9 Miguel Ángel Jiménez 79-74=153 Larry Mize 77-76=153 Tom Pernice Jr. 80-73=153 Tom Purtzer 76-77=153 Joey Sindelar 77-76=153 Billy Andrade 78-76=154 +10 Jay Don Blake 79-75=154 Tom Byrum 78-76=154 Glen Day 77-77=154 Jay Delsing 76-78=154 Sergio García 82-72=154 Jonathan Kaye 77-77=154 Rocco Mediate 76-78=154 Phil Mickelson 83-71=154 José María Olazábal 77-77=154 Loren Roberts 80-74=154 Steve Stricker 76-78=154 Jean van de Velde 78-76=154 Mark Calcavecchia 81-74=155 +11 Paul Goydos 74-81=155 Tim Herron 84-71=155 Gabriel Hjertstedt 74-81=155 Dicky Pride 78-77=155 Mike Reid 77-78=155 Rich Beem 77-79=156 +12 Eric Booker 78-78=156 Barry Cheesman 80-76=156 Matt Gogel 79-77=156 John Huston 81-75=156 Trevor Dodds 78-79=157 +13 Jay Haas 79-78=157 Bradley Hughes 81-76=157 Andrew Magee 77-80=157 Rory Sabbatini 77-80=157 Tommy Armour III 78-80=158 +14 Ben Crenshaw 78-80=158 Brian Henninger 81-77=158 Duffy Waldorf 80-78=158 Bob Estes 84-75=159 +15 Wayne Grady 81-78=159 Dennis Paulson 80-79=159 Paul Stankowski 77-82=159 John Maginnes 84-76=160 +16 Tommy Tolles 77-83=160 Mike Weir 76-84=160 Craig Stadler 83-78=161 +17 Franklin Langham 85-77=162 +18 Mike Brisky 84-86=170 +26WD Dudley Hart 79 +7 Shigeki Maruyama 81 +9

References

External links The Players Championship website Full Leaderboard